Audacity Works
Episode 88: Via Negativa, Getting Funding, and Terrifying Monkeys with Ross Travis
Please join me in welcoming accomplished actor, clown, acrobat, and badass art maker, Ross Travis. Ross is a prolific and dedicated creator, always pushing boundaries and with a creative practice deeply rooted in his values, and disregard for the status quo. His company Antic in a Drain is also one of the only American freelance artists I know who has had success within the American funding system. Y'all excited yet? You should be.
What you'll hear:
- The spectrum of clown, from light to dark (yes this is an actual thing) and the history behind it 2:15
- What it was like to work together on Salvage and Inversion at Kinetic Arts Center, and how an audience member's complaint led to new opportunities instead of less 8:00
- What it was like attending the notorious Dell'Arte School of Physical Theater 16:15
- Via Negativa! If you're tired of being called amazing without getting necessarily actionable notes, listen up 24:15
- What I've experienced as a mentor happening in graduates from various professional circus programs (why is it so much fun when guests ask me a question? it is!) 29:00
- What it's like to perform for a mud circus (Flynn Creek Circus) for 6 freakin seasons JFC 32:24
- The role of risk in physical performance 40:00
- How Ross scared the shit out of me in his show The Greatest Monkey Show On Earth 41:00
- On navigating the American funding system for the arts LISTEN UP PEOPLE!!! 45:00
- What's next on the buffet for this hungry hungry artist? 1:03:00
- See Ross perform at Kinetic Art's Center's Summer Circus Celebration and the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival
ViaHow to find, follow, and support Ross' work:
https://anticinadrain.com/
https://www.instagram.com/anticinadrain
https://www.patreon.com/anticinadrain
Don't go back to sleep.
xoRachel
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Please join me in welcoming accomplished actor, clown, acrobat, and badass art maker, Ross Travis. Ross is a prolific and dedicated creator, always pushing boundaries and with a creative practice deeply rooted in his values, and disregard for the status quo. His company Antic in a Drain is also one of the only American freelance artists I know who has had success within the American funding system. Y'all excited yet? You should be.
What you'll hear:
- The spectrum of clown, from light to dark (yes this is an actual thing) and the history behind it 2:15
- What it was like to work together on Salvage and Inversion at Kinetic Arts Center, and how an audience member's complaint led to new opportunities instead of less 8:00
- What it was like attending the notorious Dell'Arte School of Physical Theater 16:15
- Via Negativa! If you're tired of being called amazing without getting necessarily actionable notes, listen up 24:15
- What I've experienced as a mentor happening in graduates from various professional circus programs (why is it so much fun when guests ask me a question? it is!) 29:00
- What it's like to perform for a mud circus (Flynn Creek Circus) for 6 freakin seasons JFC 32:24
- The role of risk in physical performance 40:00
- How Ross scared the shit out of me in his show The Greatest Monkey Show On Earth 41:00
- On navigating the American funding system for the arts LISTEN UP PEOPLE!!! 45:00
- What's next on the buffet for this hungry hungry artist? 1:03:00
- See Ross perform at Kinetic Art's Center's Summer Circus Celebration and the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival
ViaHow to find, follow, and support Ross' work:
https://anticinadrain.com/
https://www.instagram.com/anticinadrain
https://www.patreon.com/anticinadrain
Don't go back to sleep.
xoRachel
Sign up here for monthly blasts and functional woo
Find me on Instagram
Support this podcast on Patreon